Order of the High Court of Tripura in the matter of Court on its own motion Vs The Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare & Others dated 09/01/2025. The HC was informed that National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) has granted approval for establishing two new Facility-integrated ART Centres (Fi-ARTC) …
PANJIM: With the government intending to promote eco-tourism in eco-sensitive areas (ESA), the process to draft Zonal Master Plans for each of notified ESA around six wildlife protected areas has begun. The plan will categorize various activities under three different heads – permitted, prohibited and regulated. The Zonal Master Plan …
PUNE: A group of city scientists has discovered a new leaping frog species on the edge of the Netravali wildlife sanctuary in Goa. "The Netravali Leaping Frog (Indirana salelkari) is the 12th species in the Indirana genus, an interesting genus because it is entirely endemic to the Western Ghats. In …
Seeks 10-year phase-out of mining within wildlife sanctuaries. Govt rejects ESA specified for Cotigao, Salim Ali bird sanctuary. One km buffer zone for all wildlife sanctuaries. Proposes National Green Tribunal bench in Goa PANJIM: Goa has urged the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest to review its earlier notification issued …
PANJIM: With Supreme Court terming all the mining leases operational in Goa under deemed provision after 2007 as “illegal”, the State is now left with only one valid mining lease renewed during the former Digambar Kamat-led government in 2010. The State had total 118 working and non-working mining leases from …
The Forest Department has assured to conduct research and census of wildlife in a more transparent manner with the involvement of NGOs and students of various institutions from the State. According to Deputy Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) Ramesh Gauns Desai, the research and census of wildlife, which will be conducted …
The Central government in its notification on eco-sensitive zones, also known as buffer zones, around wildlife sanctuaries has asked the state government to prepare zonal master plans in consultation with the local people in two years time. These master plans for buffer zones should be integrated into the Regional Plan …
The ministry in its notification has prohibited all new and existing mining of minor and major minerals, stone quarrying and crushing units with immediate effect in all the six sanctuaries No mining will be allowed around the Eco Sensitive Zone (ESZ) of six wildlife sanctuaries and national parks in Goa …
No mining will be allowed around the eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) of six wildlife sanctuaries and national parks in Goa with the environment ministry on Thursday imposing a ban on such activities. The Centre will also constitute a state-level ESZ Monitoring Committee (SESZMC) under Section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, …
All 22 working mining leases within the one km buffer zone of wildlife sanctuaries in the state will have to be shut down in a phased manner with a time-bound closure plan, as recommended by a committee constituted by the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF). The report by …
Mines had flourished without clearance from the standing committee of the National Board of Wildlife: panel Mining would not be permitted within one km of national parks and sanctuaries in Goa, the Union Environment Ministry has decided in an order that could take the State one step closer to restart …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests has “in principle” agreed to one-km buffer zone for four wildlife sanctuaries of Goa ~ Mhadei, Netravali, Bhagwan Mahaveer and Bondla. The eco-sensitive zone for the Cotigao sanctuary has been extended upto 3 kms. In all total 33 mining leases are located within one …
PANJIM: Directorate of Mines and Geology has refused to renew the mining lease of one Zacarias Antano located at Potrem village in Sanguem taluka after it was observed that the lease falls within the Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary. The mine was operational under deemed provision, even though it has applied for …
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said it appeared from reports that rampant illegal iron ore mining in Goa was permitted in the vicinity of national parks and sanctuaries with bureaucracy adopting a ‘how to circumvent the law’ approach. After hearing amicus curiae A D N Rao on the …
Another five share common boundary with it The Mines Department’s new list of 38 mining leases along the Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary that has been submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) shows that 12 leases are within the sanctuary and another five share a common boundary with it. …
SANGUEM/PONDA: Continuing with its two-day visit to mining sites in the State, the Supreme Court’s three-member Central Empowered Committee (CEC) on Tuesday visited several mines in Dharbandora and Sanguem talukas of South Goa. In the morning, the three-member CEC comprising P V Jaikrishnan, Mahendra Vyas and Siddharth Chowdhary, visited the …
Mines situated within this buffer zone should be closed in a phased manner, says Parrikar Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Monday the State government will not allow any new mining leases up to 2 km of wildlife sanctuaries and national parks. The Chief Minister told presspersons on the sidelines …
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) constituted by the Goa Legislative Assembly will now probe into the increasing illegal mining activities, carried out at the cost of forest cover in state’s iron-ore rich rural belt. The Committee has begun an exercise to study the data submitted by State Forests and State …
A mining firm alleged to be violating environmental norms near Netravali wildlife sanctuary told the state government today that they have been extracting the ore to the permitted capacity. Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) was informed by M/s A X Poi Palondicar mining firm that they have not exceeded …
Yet another case of illegal iron-ore mining in a wildlife sanctuary has come under the scanner in Goa. The government is investigating ongoing mining operations near the Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary
State government has initiated inquiry into alleged mining operation near Netravali wildlife sanctuary, which has been going on despite Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) rejecting permission for the same. National Board of Wildlife (NBWL) standing committee last month had directed Goa chief Wildlife Warden to stop a mine of …
